he had 6 rebs not 8
here's the link
http://www.eurobasket2009.org/en/cid_toT,ovGDH2EaLKL67XnPo2.gameID_6365-C-1-1.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundI D_6365.teamID_.html#{5E70D78D-E480-4F66-9B60-839D032EE21A}

and no deng decided to skip the tournament to recover fully from his injury... he'll get hurt after 20 games anyway he should have just played

I watched the game and it was hell of a game IMO. Türkiye had beaten Lithuania in the last two meetings before this one, so it cannot be considered an upset but considering the fact that Türkiye had played horribly in the Efes Cup and Lithuania had beaten Spain by 22 points in the preparation game before the Euro 2009, odds were in favour of the green guys.

As for Hedo, he played very well IMO. He showed leadership and took charge in critical moments and also played good defense. B+ performance.

there are lots of differences between Fiba and Nba organization at the matches, even the defense mentality ( sometimes the zone, pressing on the guards at the full court, hard tactical fouls and no possibility for the fast break, always make the rival set offense) and on offense; sharing the ball equally, using the powerforwards for spreading the floor, inside outside balance etc. So its hard for the star players to make big statistic numbers as they do in the nba.

As we saw again in the Lithuania- Turkey match, Hedo has the point guard mentality and intelligence with the 6'10 height. When Lithuania guards pressed on Turkey guards he put the ball on the floor and made the play as he did in the magic or when the team needed his score in critical minutes, he penetrated and got fouls so summar up he did enough for Turkey to pass Lithuania. For Lithuania, their leader is Kleiza the former player nuggets couldnt score or create anythin unless they make fast break, they really miss the players as siskauskas, jasikevicius the real leaders and scorers.

Turkey has showed how a good team they are.I liked Ilyasova and Ender Arslan more than Hedo.Ilyasova could be a star if Bucks'll give him the chance.Turkey is with Serbia and Croatia one of my favorites.

well the point is, for nba, it's like stats mean everything. for european basketball, it is not so. for example, kerem tunçeri had just 2 pts 2 assists and 1 reb. but he played really good, organized the team well and did a great job on defense. one more thing, in europe they don't count some passes as as an assist, which are countable for nba.

hedo didn't take too many shots, yet he was the most scorer for the team. also lithuania's defense mainly focused on him, you could never see that when he was playin for orlando.

just 3 rebounds may seem not good but team's total rebs number is 27.

he just played his regular, nothing extraordinary, still, he was impressive.